I have had to file a claim against a dealership (Ben Shives Truck Super Center) because they sold me a clone car. Here is what I have had to report so far:
I went to Ben Shives to buy a 2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 limited series. For those of you who know about this car, this thing is almost impossible to find. We looked for almost 6 months for this car (for my ex). We finally found one at Ben Shives Truck Super Center. We purchased it as an investment being that there were less than 300 of these made.
It was beautiful. Burnt orange, ram air, convertible, WS6 wheels, the whole nine yards. We kept the car for a while but then tragedy struck and we were forced to put the car up for sale. We had many people come look at it when it was priced at $18,000. Many wanted to purchase the car until they ran the option codes.
Through this we found out that Ben Shives sold us a regular Firebird with a different hood, decals, and wheels, made to look like our rare Trans Am WS6. I then had to file a claim against his bonding company to try and get a settlement either for the car, or the difference (we invested almost $40,000 into this car by the time all financing charges and such were made).
Ben Shives refused. First he claimed it really was a Trans Am WS6. Then he said he didn't do it. Then he said that the paperwork (the car contracts we produced from the finance company) and he said we forged them after the fact to make them say WS6.
You would think with all our proof (the contracts, Ben Shives changing his story repeatedly, and so forth), we would be able to get somewhere. But alas, we are still fighting to accomplish anything and it has been more than 6 months since we started.
My warning is DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM BEN SHIVES! I will be posting this same message on every single consumer website I can find. I want Ben Shives to either fix what he did, or I want everyone to be fair warned that they will more than likely get ripped off if they shop there.
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